Workers continue to clean the Central Shrimp Market in Samut Sakhon province, which has been declared a red zone, for maximum COVID-19 control (Photo://www.bangkokpost.com/) Bangkok (VNA)– Thailand's Centre for COVID-19 SituationAdministration (CCSA)announced on December 24 that there will beno national lockdown but COVID-19 control zoning is being imposed, based on thenumber and degree of new cases in localities.
CCSA spokesman TaweesilpVisanuyothin said there are four zones for COVID-19 control measures now beingapplied to provinces, including red zone: maximum control, considerable numberof COVID-19 cases; orange zone: control zone, more than 10 cases andrising; yellow zone: high surveillance, with no more than 10 cases andcontrol possible; and green zone: surveillance, with no cases or likelihood ofinfection.
The red zone presently covers only Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the latest COVID-19 outbreak, he said.
In this zone, infected and at-risk people as well as at-risk businesses and activities are quickly identified. Infected people are admitted to a field hospital and at-risk people are quarantined.
The control zone (orange) covers provinces surrounding Samut Sakhon - Bangkok, Samut Songkhram, Ratchaburi and Nakhon Pathom.
The high surveillance zone(yellow) comprises 25 provinces. Meanwhile, the surveillance zone (green)applies to provinces without an infected case.
New Year celebrations are banned in the maximum control zone, unless entirely online. Parties can be held in the control zone, on the condition the number of attendees is limited, Taweesilp said.
Celebrations can be organised in the two otherzones, but must be downsized and no crowded gatherings allowed.
The zone control designationsof the various provinces could change, depending on the situation there,he added.
Thailand recorded 67 moreCOVID-19 cases in December 24, including 58 community infections. The countryhas so far counted 5,829 COVID-19patients, including 60 deaths.
In Indonesia, 7,199 newcases have been reported on the day, lifting the country’s total to 692,838.
The number of fatalities alsoincreased by 181, bringing the death toll to 20,589.
The disease has spread toall 34 provinces and cities nationwide. Indonesia is the country mostaffected by the pandemic in Southeast Asia./.
VNA
